Becky hears Audra sigh deeply, then in a very quiet monotone Audra says, "Becky, I have bad news."

Closing her eyes, Becky braces herself to hear the bad news.

"Adam died early this morning."

Becky can feel the air being sucked from her lungs. Dropping her phone on the floor Becky sinks to her knees and begins to wail like a wounded animal. Through her tear streaked vision Becky sees her dad burst through her bedroom door. She sees his mouth moving but can't make out anything that he's saying. She watches as he bends down and picks up her phone.

"Audra is still on the other line" she thinks to herself hysterically. She attempts to get her crying under enough control to hear what her dad is saying but it's no use. Her entire body continues to wrack with sobs as she watches her dad talk to Audra.

"Why does he look so calm and impassive? Audra must be telling him about Adam." Becky thinks. His expression never varying, Mr. Baker nods his head once, says something that Becky can't hear and hangs up. Without even looking at Becky he sets her cellphone on her desk and walks out of her room.

"Typical" she thinks furiously to herself. She stops crying all at once, suddenly way more angry than sad. "How could he just leave like that? He didn't even ask me how I'm doing" she thinks angrily. She stands up and walks into her bathroom, slamming the door behind her. She walks to her sink and splashes cool water on her face to help alleviate some of the puffiness from her eyes. She dries off her face then heads downstairs to confront her dad. She has no idea what she is going to say, all she knows is that she is extremely angry with her dad and needs to do something!

She finds her dad, mom and Luke in the kitchen, standing around the island counter top. She hears them whispering but can't hear what they're saying. As she approaches them they all turn to look at her.

"What were you whispering about" she asks, intentionally raising her voice.

"Nothing sweetheart. Do you want some breakfast?" her dad says.

"Oh so you weren't just rejoicing in the fact that my boyfriend, the boy I loved and who you hated, is gone!" she says accusingly.

"No, Becky. They don't even know yet" Mr. Baker replies, motioning to his wife and son.

"So what? You hated Adam so much that you can't even be bothered with delivering the news of his DEATH," screams Becky.

Turning to her husband, with her hand on her chest, Mrs. Baker asks "Oh my gosh! Is that the news you needed to tell us?"

"Yes. I was just about to tell you when Becky came in" Mr. Baker replies.

"How did it happen?" asks Mrs. Baker.

"He got into a car accident. He ran his car off the road and hit a tree. Police say he died on impact." Mr. Baker explains.

Becky lets out a soft whimper and collapses into the nearest kitchen chair.

"Becky? Hunny, are you okay?" her mom asks, rushing over to her.

"I didn't know" she says in a voice barely above a whisper.

"What was that?" her dad asks kindly.

"I didn't know how it happened. I dropped my phone before Audra could give me any details."

"So what" exclaims Luke, sounding annoyed.

"What?" Becky chokes out.

"So what" he repeats. "Adam was a freak! You dating him caused nothing but problems. Who cares if he's de..."

*SMACK*

Becky slaps Luke across the face with all the strength she can muster, effectively cutting Luke off mid-sentence.

"Becky!" her parents shout at the same time.

"How dare you?" Becky growls at Luke.

She brushes past him and storms out of the house, slamming the door behind her.